Glands and Immunity

Disease Resistance

This kriya forges hardiness from the inside. It tends the unglamorous engines, digestion, elimination, and metabolic balance, that decide whether illness takes root in you or finds no foothold. Working the third chakra fire upward through the heart and the higher glands, it builds real physical strength and a body that resists disease. Heartiness is not luck. It is something you cultivate.

Pose 1

Sit on your heels. Stretch both arms straight up over the head, palms pressed together. Inhale. Now pump the stomach: forcefully pull the navel in toward the spine, then release it, again and again in a steady rhythm, until you need to exhale. Then exhale. Inhale and begin the pumping again. Continue for 1 to 3 minutes, then inhale. Exhale and relax. This stirs digestion and wakes the Kundalini energy in the third chakra.

Time: 1 to 3 minutes
Benefits: This exercise stimulates digestion and the Kundalini energy in the third chakra.

Pose 2

Sit on your heels. Bring the hands into bear grip (2A) at chest level, forearms parallel to the ground. Inhale and hold the breath. Without letting the hands separate, pull them apart against each other with your maximum force. Exhale. Inhale and pull again. Continue for 1 to 3 minutes. Inhale. Exhale and relax. This opens the heart center and stimulates the thymus gland.

Time: 1 to 3 minutes
Benefits: This exercise opens the heart center and stimulates the thymus gland.

Pose 3

Sit on your heels with the fingers interlocked in venus lock behind your neck. Inhale. Exhale and bend forward, bringing your forehead to the ground. Inhale and sit back up. Continue with powerful breathing for 1 to 3 minutes. Inhale, sitting up. Exhale and relax. This improves digestion and brings flexibility to the spine.

Time: 1 to 3 minutes
Benefits: This exercise improves digestion and adds flexibility to the spine.

Pose 4

Sit with the legs stretched out straight in front of you. Reach forward and grab your toes. Bending from the waist, bring your forehead to your knees and your elbows to the floor. Stay in this position, breathing normally, for 1 to 3 minutes. Then inhale. Exhale and relax. This lets the glandular secretions from the earlier exercises circulate through the body and lets the body relax deeply.

Time: 1 to 3 minutes
Benefits: This exercise alIows the glandular secretions from the previous exercises to circulate through the body and al!ows the body to deeply relax.

Pose 5

Sit in easy pose. Begin rolling the neck clockwise in a circle: the right ear toward the right shoulder, the back of the head toward the back of the neck, the left ear toward the left shoulder, the chin toward the chest. Keep the shoulders relaxed and still, and let the neck stretch gently as the head circles. Continue for 1 to 2 minutes, then reverse the direction and continue for 1 to 2 minutes more. Bring the head to center and relax. This exercise and the two that follow it work together to open circulation to the brain and stimulate the higher glands, the pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid, and pineal, which together bring harmony to the whole body.

Time: 1 - 2 minutes
Benefits: This exercise and the two exercises following it cornbine to open circulation to the brain and to stimulate the higher glands including the pituitary parathyroid, thyroid and pineal glands which work together to give harmony to the entire b

Pose 6

Come onto your hands and knees. Set the knees about shoulder width apart and keep the arms straight, no bending at the elbows. Let the head drop down and toward the chest, relaxed. Inhale and flex your spine downward, as if someone were sitting on your back (6A). Then inhale and flex your spine the opposite way, keeping the head down (6B). Continue rhythmically with powerful breathing for 1 to 3 minutes. Gradually pick up speed as the spine grows more flexible. Inhale in the original position. Exhale and relax. Beyond the effects already named, this helps transform the sexual energy of the second chakra and the digestive energy of the third chakra, while stimulating the main nerves governed

Time: 1 to 3 minutes
Benefits: This exercise, in addition to the effects mentioned ahoue, heips to transform the sexual energy of the second chakra and the digestive energy of the third chakra while stimulating the main nerves that are regulated through the lower cervica

Pose 7

Sit on your heels. Shrug the shoulders alternately, each one as high as it will go. Keep the head still. As you inhale, the left shoulder comes up and the right drops down. As you exhale, the right comes up and the left drops down. Continue rhythmically with powerful breathing for 1 to 3 minutes. Inhale, raising both shoulders up. Exhale and relax.

Time: 1 to 3 minutes

Pose 8

Relax deeply, lying on your back with the arms at your sides, palms facing up, for 5 to 7 minutes.

Time: 5 to 7 minutes

Pose 9

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Triangle Pose. Supporting yourself on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet, with your rear end up in the air, form a triangle with the ground. The body makes a straight line from the heels to the buttocks and from the buttocks to the wrists. The head stays in line with the body, and the arms should be about 2 feet apart. Hold this position for 5 minutes, breathing normally. Then inhale. Exhale and slowly come out of the position and relax. This aids digestion, strengthens the entire nervous system, and relaxes the major muscle groups of the body.

Time: 5 minutes
Benefits: This exercise aids in digestion, strengthens the entire nervous system and relaxes the major muscle groups of the body.

Pose 10

Stand up. Reach down and grab your ankles. Keeping the knees straight, begin walking around the room. Continue for 1 to 3 minutes, then return to your place, sit down, and relax. This aids elimination and adjusts the magnetic field to prepare you for meditation.

Time: 1 to 3 minutes
Benefits: This exercise aids in elimination and adjusts the magnetic field to prepare you for meditation.